for Christmas cruises, departing from Nuremberg on November 29 and the return from Budapest on December 6. From £1,199 per person. New York, meanwhile, offers young shoppers amazing experiences all year round. The jewel in the crown is FAO Schwartz, hailed

without parents. Run along the lines of a US summer camp, at Camp Beaumont children from seven years (there are also non-residential Playtime Camps for children from three years) can participate in up to six activities every day and experience the thrills

restaurants, a pool (with separate children’s pool) and private grounds. There are also tennis courts, a brand new golf course and a private beach. The Powder Byrne Golf Academy is located at the adjacent Robert Trent Jones II Course (for children over 13

1. Rome Cavalieri Why? For children, merely seeing the famous sights of Rome (including the Colosseum, one of the New Seven Wonders Of The World) instantly energises all those dull history lessons at school. But the Rome Cavalieri goes one step

in which we live, it’s moments like these that are the ones to cherish. It’s also these times that I think my children will remember and share with their own children in years to come. As a child, my parents never took me camping. They favoured hotels, so I

on one-pot recipes and played cards every night.That all still sounds like fun, but camping is now also more exotic. Last year, 65,000 new members joined the Camping and Caravanning Club (www.thefriendlyclub.co.uk) and 32,000 of these were families – a 27

it or deal with it. Traveleeze are good chewy pastilles for children over two years old that helps prevent feelings of nausea, while adults can use an acupressure wristband, like Sea Bands. Ships always carry a good supply of medication to help

with lots of activities for children, including collecting eggs from the resident chickens and visiting the cows, sheep and pigs. A week at Berridon Farm in Devon costs from £400 for a family of four.Less but longer Rather than taking a number of short

Cartney and Heather Mills (once upon a time...)What’s best for children? The new Ice Cream Spa, where children can choose from a range of treatments from the Super Sundae Supreme Body Scrub and Massage to a Princess Me Facial. The new Maaja (fun in Maldivian) children’s

of grounds on the outskirts of the medieval wool town of Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire, Woolley Grange, the beautiful Jacobean Manor House, is celebrating its 21st birthday this year with a new family-friendly spa featuring packages specifically designed